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  1. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  2. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  3. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  4. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  5. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  6. I was just explaining what #FlockCameras #ALPRs are to a friend in another country who saw something on their local news about it but hadn't heard about them before.

    And wow yeah we're in The Bad Place.

    I pass by four of them on my two mile commute to work every day. I can't leave my neighborhood without passing one. The county sheriff and city cops love them and want more.

    It seems like we collectively sleepwalked into this.

  7. Orlando Sentinel: Florida orders Flock cameras off of state roads. “Florida is revoking permits for Flock cameras and similar license-plate readers on state roads, dealing a blow to local law enforcement agencies that say they’re a critical crime-fighting tool. In a memorandum Monday, Florida Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary Will Watts gave agencies 30 days to remove the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/01/orlando-sentinels-florida-orders-flock-cameras-off-of-state-roads/
  8. Gov. DeSantis bans Flock cameras from state highways

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he’s removing Flock camera from state roadways. The announcement…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Flock #flockcameras #flockcamerasflorida #floridaflockcameras #governordesantis #UnitedStates #Us #USA
    newsbeep.com/713582/

  9. @futurebird I just re read this & yes no don’t need #flockcameras we just need normal #publicSafety

  10. Lawmakers sneakily added a $1 fee to your car insurance, and voilà, now you’re funding a surveillance state of Flock cameras. 🎥💸 Because who doesn’t love subsidizing Big Brother while barely noticing? 🙄 #PrivacyIsOverrated
    texastribune.org/2026/08/28/te #Lawmakers #FlockCameras #SurveillanceState #CarInsurance #BigBrother #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

  11. Texas Tribune: Gov. Abbott blocks state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras. “Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered all state agencies to pause funding for Flock cameras as scrutiny over the AI-powered surveillance devices has mounted. The order came as The Texas Tribune was preparing to publish an investigation detailing how a state agency has devoted at least $30 million to building up the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/29/texas-tribune-gov-abbott-blocks-state-agencies-from-spending-money-on-flock-cameras/
  12. "People who don’t want to be surveilled going to a church, dispensary, or medical appointment have more in common than they think. "

    This is part two in a series I've been working on that looks at how local governments are sharing our personal information: progressnownm.org/dont-wait-fo

    It focuses on #NewMexico but was written to help people understand what's happening more broadly

    #FlockCameras #Flock #AISurveillance #AI #Surveillance

  13. Fort Wayne Police Dept says they plan to keep using Flock cameras despite City Council voting down funding new contract

    21alivenews.com/2026/08/27/fwp

    FORT WAYNE - FWPD spokesperson said Thursday that the agency is considering finding ways to continue using Flock despite city council unanimously voting down funding new contract renewal with Flock.

    #FortWayne #Indiana #Flock #FlockCameras #MassSurveillance #Police #Cops #PoliceState #CityCouncil #DefundFlock #NoFlock #DeFlock #AISurveillance

  14. Institute for Justice: Institute for Justice Unveils New Database Tracking Cancelations of License Plate Reader Contracts. “As backlash grows against the warrantless use of automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras throughout the country, local governments are increasingly deciding to end their use of these cameras. Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) unveiled a new database tracking […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/27/institute-for-justice-institute-for-justice-unveils-new-database-tracking-cancelations-of-license-plate-reader-contracts/
  15. Philadelphia Inquirer: Fighting AI and Flock, today’s Luddites are the revolutionaries we need. “[Cody] Morelock was arrested after the June incident and then prosecutors in Clermont County, Ohio took what looked like an open-and-shut case — with surveillance tapes, credit-card receipts, and other hard evidence connecting the 35-year-old man to the alleged crime — before a grand jury of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/24/philadelphia-inquirer-fighting-ai-and-flock-todays-luddites-are-the-revolutionaries-we-need/
  16. NPR: Amid intense backlash, people are vandalizing Flock surveillance cameras. “An increasing number of people are combating the technology in both legal and illegal ways. According to an NPR review of local news reports, Flock cameras have been vandalized in at least 36 states. People have stolen the cameras, sawed them down, crashed into them with cars, covered them in paint and stickers, and […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/22/npr-amid-intense-backlash-people-are-vandalizing-flock-surveillance-cameras/
  17. Mashable: Have you been Flocked? This website lets you find out. “A website called Have I Been Flocked? lets you enter your license plate number and check whether it appears in publicly released records of searches conducted through Flock Safety’s system. As of Aug. 17, the website had compiled nearly 242 million searches involving more than 4.6 million plates.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/18/mashable-have-you-been-flocked-this-website-lets-you-find-out/
  18. #FlockCameras Can Track Every Car in America. #Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.

    In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.

    By Fernando Alfonso III and Kashmir Hill
    Aug. 10, 2026

    Excerpt: "A #Texas officer used Flock’s cameras to track a woman across state lines who was suspected of self-administering an abortion. Officers across the country have abused their access to Flock’s cameras, including to track romantic partners, resulting in discipline and termination. #LosAngeles and #DaytonOH , among other cities, recently suspended their contracts with Flock to prevent immigration authorities from accessing data from the cameras. Dayton resorted to covering the cameras with trash bags. In cities like Houston, Oakland, Calif., and Grand Junction, Colo., residents have taken matters into their own hands, with police reports and surveillance footage documenting Flock cameras being cut down, splattered with paint and even shot.

    "Flock’s pitch is simple: It can help the police find stolen cars, locate wanted people and solve crimes. One license-plate reader led to the arrest in Florida of a man who had threatened a mass shooting in Louisiana; another helped police find the man eventually convicted in an assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump.

    "But as its cameras have spread, so has the opposition. Americans are accustomed to surveillance cameras. They put them on their doorbells and tolerate them on street corners, offices and restaurants. What sets Flock’s cameras apart is that they are connected, creating a vast, searchable national network — often surprising residents who didn’t realize their local governments had signed up for them and raising fears of #BigBrother style surveillance. And they are hard to miss once you start noticing them."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/floc

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/3PnB8

    #USPol #ACAB #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #Orwellian #PoliceState #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  19. Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

    Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    July 16, 2021

    "It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

    "Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

    "Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

    "Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

    "There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

    "We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont

    #ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  20. On today's episode of #WMPG's #CommunityVoicesForChange, the topic is #FlockCameras, Municipal #Surveillance and #Privacy!

    Community Voices For Change
    On Mon from 01:00 pm EST to 01:30 pm EST
    With: Richard Rudolph

    Description

    "Community Voices for Change is a talk show highlighting the work of individuals and organizations working to enhance the greater good of communities. Producer and Host Richard Rudolph begins each show with music from Sam Cooke’s Ain’t That Good News Album -'A Change is Gonna Come'. The show is also based on the writings of #HowardZinn and other writers who believe if we can get organized '#SmallActs' multiplied by hundreds, thousands of people we can transform our communities, the state and even possibly the world. Our sound engineer is Dennis Kirkpatrick."

    Link to show info and archives:
    wmpg.org/show/mon1300/

    Spreaker link:
    spreaker.com/podcast/community

    #CommunityRadio #MainePol #USPol #Orwellian #SurveillanceState